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Lucretia Garfield Was An Early Feminist

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Lucretia Garfield, first lady to President James A. Garfield, was an early feminist. She advocated for equal pay when she was in college. Also, when her husband was shot in 1881 she insisted that the female physicians helping care for him were paid the same as their male counterparts.

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